Running-gear for vehicles.



1% 858,348. PATENTBD JUNE 25, 1907.

F. R. owmqs,

RUNNING GEAR FOR VEHIOLES.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 20, 1905. i

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- PATBNTED JUNE 25, 1907.

APPLICATION FILED 0012 0, 1906.

IIIIH vehicles, and is specially adapted for use in.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

FRANK RODERICK. OWENS, or. BUREAU, ILLINOIS.

' Application filed ilctoberzo, 1905. Serial No. 283.644.

To it jmdy concern:

Be' -itfknow'n that I, FRANK RODERICK OwnNs, acitizen of the UnitedStates, residingat Bureau, in the'county of Bureau. and State 'Ofjl'lliIlOiS have invented certain new and useful Irn rovements in Running-Gears for Vehicles, 0 which the following is a specification,

reference being had therein to the accomw panying drawing.

This invent on relates to running gears for self-propelled; vehicles, although applicable to other road vehicles;

The object of the invention is to secure, in greatmeasure, the advantages due" to -pneu- .matic or cushioned tires, without the necessityjof ex osing a soft or permeable sub-- stance to t e'we'ar of the roadway. And the invention-consists 1n the construction, application, and combination ofpneumatic or air Q containing tubesor cushions to the hubs of vehicles, in manner as will be and claimedhereinafter.

' Figure 1 is a side elevation of so much of a pointed out motor wagon as is necessary to show the re-,- lation of parts constituting the/present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the hub ofone .of the hind wheels, as seen from the front, showing-some parts connected to, the wheel hub in elevation,

ertical section through one of the front Qwheels, showing immediate connections.

' ditional details, and Fig, '8 is a detail Fig. 4 is a top plan of one ofthe rear wheels and connections. Fig. 5 is a similar plan of one front wheel aIIdQOIIHBCtiODS, Fig. 6 is a plan of the running gear complete. Fig. 7 is a broken side elevation and partial'section of the casting and link of Fig. 4 with some ad- I perspec-;

tive of the front wheel brackets.

- I will first describe the front wheel'connee.

tions, assumingthat the steering gear is of. any usual or suitable 'character.'; 1'.

A represents the front wheel of the vehicle, which may be of any common kind. A short axle B extendsthrough the-wheel hub, and

this axle is rigid with a plate C, which plate has an arm D, and apintle E .(see Fig; 8). The upper end of plate '0 enters a 100 H on the-face late I, which plate I ishinge to-the cross 'axl e L ofthe vehicle. The plate or bracket IV has an arm'M, which is parallel with. the arm D offthe late or bracket-C,

when-the parts are assem led, and the pintle; E of arm-D: entersa bearing N of armyM.

The-fit of: the plate ;C-' in loop H is loos'e, so

' I Specification of Letters Patent.

- .tiVelv to the Fig. 3isa -j0urnal'ed.' (Of course the two sides ofthe vehicle. corresp'o'n'd; ,Shaft' in is provided I RUNNING- EA FOR .vEe-uciss.

plate I, swinging on the pintle axle R, projecting over this drum. A wheel S, provided with a pneumatic or cushioned tire T, is carried on the axle R, over the drum P, so that the elastic rim of this wheel is in contact with drum P;

The axle L supports the body 1 of the ve-' hicle, asby means of bolster U and spring W or by other usual means.

Now supposing the vehicle to be in motion, and. the wheel A to 'run over a stone. The

axle B. Axle B being. rigid with plateC lifts said plate in'the loop H, all swinging on the pintle E.. The huh compresses tire Ten wheel A of course rises, raising hub P and v wheel S, andto the extent of the elasticity of this tire T the-axle It need not .be lifted,

but if it does lift it will raise the main'axle L, and the further action of the r'nechanismis that usual to spring vehicles. "The'wheelSf will rotate with the rotation of drum I.

' By this construction most of the advant'ages of. pneumatic tires are'secur'ed, with vastly less first cost, and with very little wear on-the elastic tires.

tiOIlSw. 4 Let wrepresent the rear wheel and b the axle. This'axle b. asses through abearing;

c, in a link d.- T e. axle b'h'as a'drivi'ng' sprocket wheel a thereon, and is held in its bearing 'in link (2 by suitable collars, x as f.-

On the axle b'ther The linkd is pivoted in hangers g, pendent from a casting h, in theconstruction shown inFigsQZ, 4, 6, 7. 5 618' a pneumatic, or -.j

cushionwheel i which practically becomesthe wheelhub, and over the said'wheel, on" a pintle lc-projecting from'cas'ting'h, thereis a; I

similar wheel ii. The relative position of In front of the loo these twowheels is indicated indottedi'cir cles,Fig .,7. f P f i pivot of link d, there is a hanger. Z in which thefdriving shaft mis";

with-a. driving sprocketn, and also sprockets I I o, 0' ,"which are connected by sprocket chains PVT ,(Figl 6) with driving sprockets- 'efonf shafts fb. The rear wheel'swill be driven by the "sprocket chains from the shaft m,' the chains, permitting the slight movementof'j- .5 I will now describe the rear wheel-icon'necplied. A brake or brakes may be applied-as carriage, and the through the pneumatic tired Wheels S at the front of the vehicle, and through wheels '2, i at the rear of the carriage. i The driving mechanism is subject to many modifications aswill be readily understood. I have not attempted to describe exact constructions, as a skilled mechanic will readily adapt the mechanism above. de-

scribed tothe circumstances of the particu lar vehicle to which thisrunning gear is ap-,

convenience dictates.

I claim: I 1

v 1. In a vehicle, a short axle and one of the vehicle wheels thereon, a plate arranged vertic lly and rigid with sai short axle, a pin tle' said late, a faceplate pivoted to said pintle and. 'nged, to the bodysu port of the vehicle, -a rigld axle on this p ate, and a cushi on'tired wheel on said second axle with its erih'ery bearing on the hub of-said ve-. lnic e w eel, all combined.

2. In a,vehicle, the combination of two plates hinged together near their ends and each havin arig'id short axle, said axles being. paralle a vehicle wheel on one-of said short axles, aj cushion tired wheel on the other axle and with it's tire on the hub of said vehicle wheel, and the wagon'body con nected to the plate on which the cushiontired wheel is an ported.

3. In a vehic e, the combination of two plates each having a projecting 'shortaaxle,

said plates held side by side so as toermit 4 independent vertical movement of sai short axles, a vehicle Wheel on one of the axles and a cushion'tired wheel on the other axle with its tire resting on the hub of the wheel, andthe vehicle body yieldingly connected to the plate on which the cushion tired wheel is supported.

, 4. The combination with a vehicle wheel provided with a drum' hub, ofa cushion. tired wheel with its tire restin on said drum, the axle of said cushion tire wheel being independently supported to move in an are above the drum, and the vehicle body connected to axle of the cushion tired wheel.

. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of. two witnesses,

FRANK RODERICK OWENS. 'Witnesses': I PAUL JENSEN, Soorr GRAIN. 

